adult female mink | gives birth in April or May | |
gives birth to one litter per year | |
has average number of babies 2-10 | |
has gestation period 50 days | |
has length 420-597 mm | |
has range 7.6-20 hectares | |
has part 3 pairs of mammae | |
is a kind of adult mink | |
is a kind of female mammal | |
reaches sexual maturity by 1 year | |
weighs 0.79-1.2 kg | |
adult mink | can swim | |
eats meadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthworms | |
has breeding season February to April | |
has colour brown to almost black, paler on the belly | |
has temperament bold, ferocious and untamable | |
is active all winter | |
is nocturnal | |
is solitary | |
makes sound cooing, screams, hisses | |
female mammal | suckles babies | |
mink | has distribution most of Canada south of the treeline except Newfoundland, Anticosti Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands | |
has name in French vison d'Amérique | |
has picture | |
has population density 3 - 8.5 mink per square km of good habitat | |
has scientific name Mustela vison | |
is trapped for fur | |
is eaten by great horned owls, bobcats, red foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bears | |
lives in den under the roots of trees, along stream banks, occasionally in beaver or muskrat lodges | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |